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Show ! WILL SELL AT ANY TERMS STREET I I CAR COMPANY TELLS OGDEN CITY Haven't Made Any Money for Five Years; Don't See Any Chance to Make Any and Cannot Pave, Manager Whitney Says After peadiiiR poverty nn the part! Bill of the L'tah Rapid Traii-lt company I and explaining its Inability to pave alone Jt tracks on upper Twenty-fifth Twenty-fifth street or In any other section. ( th- city. W. A. Whitney, general manager of the company this morning morn-ing .old members of the city thai the company would sell Its lines and, equipment to the city or any otherl company who desired to own it. "We will sell It upon practically any terms offered," Mr. Whitney said.1 and ihi-n went Into detail explaining! how the company had not earned mon-j ey, had $i,oiio.ni) bonded Indebtedness, I md practoally no money In the bank, except that to meet payrolls. At tho conclusion of the explanation! H Mayor Francis declared that the prop osition was not an inviting one for thei 1MB ' city. The discussion Arose over the demands de-mands made upon the traction company com-pany to pavo two blocks on Upper Twenty-fifth street Mr. Whitney said today that the company had not a; Cent available to take pari in a I'-'V-, nit program and declared again that his company would tear1 up its tracks InM' on upper Twenty-firth street If tho Vts. city commission would permil 1 Mr Whitne said that if the traction trac-tion company began pacing In one section sec-tion it would set a precedent which WOUjd later compel the company to bpi ad approximately n.ooo.ooo in paving pav-ing other sec! ions later when the city paved other streets. He said that it would he Impossnble to obtain the monej tor any such work. The general manager declared the compart) had not made money for five yens and there whs little prospect pros-pect nl earnings in the future. Then was no derision made at the meeting although Mr Whltnej agreed thit the tmctlon 'company wouui macadamise ma-cadamise along its traiks on upper Twenty-fifth street it' property owners own-ers would be satisfied Th- only possible volution to the problem was contained In a suggestion sugges-tion made by Commissioner O. B. Madson, who con eided that the prop-ert prop-ert owners on upper Twenty-fifth street should be allowed to vote and decide whether they would accept shale along the tracks for the two blocks or vote to have ihe tracks torn i j I anil a hn ml oned No decision on this matter wa9 made at the morning meeting. |